Taxi Kills Pedestrian in Manhattan

By BENJAMIN MUELLER

August 29, 2014

A 58-year-old woman was struck and killed by a taxi on the Upper East Side on Friday afternoon, the police said, in the latest in a string of pedestrian fatalities in Manhattan.

The woman was crossing East 79th Street on Madison Avenue when she was hit by a yellow taxi turning left, the police said. The driver, a 30-year-old man, was not injured and his 32-year-old passenger was treated at the scene for minor injuries, the police said.

The woman was pronounced dead a short while later at Lenox Hill Hospital, the police said. The victim’s identity was not immediately available. A police spokesman said the investigation was continuing.

City Hall has sought this year to reduce pedestrian deaths through Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan, but trouble spots remain. This year, pedestrian deaths included four on the Upper West Side, two on the same day.